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version 0.2
version 0.2
Tip revision: 3ef4639
xmlAttributeType.Rd
\name{xmlAttributeType}
\alias{xmlAttributeType}
\title{The type of an XML attribute for element from the DTD}
\description{
This examines the definition of the
attribute, usually returned by parsing the DTD with
\code{\link{parseDTD}} and determines
its type from the possible values:
Fixed, string data, implied,
required, an identifier,
an identifier reference, a list of identifier references,
an entity, a list of entities,
a name, a list of names, an element of enumerated set,
a notation entity.
}
\usage{
xmlAttributeType(def, defaultType=F)
}
\arguments{
\item{def}{the attribute definition object, usually retrieved from
the DTD via \code{\link{parseDTD}}.}
\item{defaultType}{whether to return the default value
if this attribute is defined as being a value from an enumerated set.}
}
\value{
A string identifying the type for the sspecified attributed.
}
\references{\url{http://www.w3.org/XML}, \url{http://www.omegahat.org/RSXML}}
\author{Duncan Temple Lang}
\seealso{
\code{\link{parseDTD}}
}
\examples{
##---- Should be DIRECTLY executable !! ----
##-- ==> Define data, use random,
##-- or do help(data=index) for the standard data sets.
## The function is currently defined as
function (def, defaultType = F)
{
if (defaultType == F & names(def$type)[1] == "Enumeration") {
return(paste("(", paste(def$defaultValue, collapse = " | "),
")", sep = " ", collapse = ""))
}
switch(ifelse(defaultType, names(def$defaultType)[1], names(def$type)[1]),
Fixed = "#FIXED", CDATA = "CDATA", Implied = "#IMPLIED",
Required = "#REQUIRED", Id = "#ID", IDRef = "#IDREF",
IDRefs = "#IDREFS", Entity = "#ENTITY", Entities = "ENTITIES",
NMToken = "#NMTOKEN", NMTokens = "#NMTOKENS", Enumeration = "",
Notation = "", "<BROKEN>")
}
}
\keyword{IO}